Is Chari a boy or girl name?

Chari is a girl’s name. Of the 1,202 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Chari

Recorded 1941–2020 · United States

Chari was most popular in 1960, when 41 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,863 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,202 people named Chari.

Chari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Chari’s peak in 1960. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Chari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Chari is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,202 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Chari

Where Chari is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Michigan 15.5×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org